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Carter No.: 541

Handlist description: Wine-jar

Card/Transcription No.: 541-1


541 WINE-JAR

(see 570)

POSITION: Lying in N.E. corner of chamber (see photos 1146, 1148).

DIMENSIONS: (Neck broken)

DESCRIPTION: Buff pottery wine-jar, two loop handles; neck broken and seal missing (for type see No. 571). Bears hieratic docket on shoulder - (see photo). Bears impression of a small seal (before baking) on the handle (see photo). Hole covered with plaster near handle.

<> NAT. SIZE (cf. seal types A and C.) (See No. 570) (See No. 560). The upper part from 541 The lower part from 570

Card no. 541-1 relating to Carter no. 541
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